03/31/2026
HAPPY NATIONAL PENCIL DAY! March 30th commemorates the invention of the "modern pencil" in 1858 when the first Patten was given to Hyman Lipman.
I cant think of many things that are used more and thought about or appreciated less....it sure made a difference in my life with my first drawings in Kindergarten......we played "store" and everyone had a roll as Storekeeper, Stock person, customers, etc,.... but for some reason, I was asked to "draw the money", different $$ amounts, little picture of a president, then we handed them out to the shoppers , I was making counterfeit money at age 5! Drawing The Three Stooges, a 1980 pencil drawing